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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/faeb5550-5bd9-43d6-bd93-2fd67a4f464e/0630FB52-D6FF-4813-89DC-F9388491ACCF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Principality_of_Sealand&oldid=245338197" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Principality_of_Sealand&oldid=245338197" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Principality_of_Sealand&oldid=245338197">The <B>Principality of Sealand</B> is a <A title="Micronation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronation">micronation</A> located on <A title="HM Fort Roughs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Fort_Roughs">HM Fort Roughs</A>, a former <A title="World War II" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II">World War II</A> <A class="mw-redirect" title="Maunsell Sea Forts" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunsell_Sea_Forts">Maunsell Sea Fort</A> in the <A title="North Sea" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea">North Sea</A> 10 <A title="Metre" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre">km</A> (six <A title="Mile" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile">miles</A>) off the coast of <A title="Suffolk" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk">Suffolk</A>, England.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Principality_of_Sealand&oldid=245338197">Since 1967, the facility has been occupied by former radio broadcaster <A class="mw-redirect" title="Major (UK)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_(UK)">British Army Major</A> <A title="Paddy Roy Bates" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_Roy_Bates">Paddy Roy Bates</A>; his associates and family claim that it is an <A title="Independence" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence">independent</A> <A title="Sovereignty" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereignty">sovereign</A> <A title="State" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State">state</A>.<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><A title="" href="#cite_note-1">[2]</A></SUP> External commentators generally classify Sealand as a micronation.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Principality_of_Sealand&oldid=245338197">In 1942,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Principality_of_Sealand&oldid=245338197"><I>HM Fort Roughs</I> was constructed by the United Kingdom</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Principality_of_Sealand&oldid=245338197">primarily for defence against German mine-laying aircraft</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Principality_of_Sealand&oldid=245338197">On 2 September 1967, the fort was occupied by Major Paddy Roy Bates, a British subject and <A title="Pirate radio" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_radio">pirate radio</A> broadcaster, who ejected a competing group of pirate broadcasters</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Principality_of_Sealand&oldid=245338197">In 1975, Bates introduced a constitution for Sealand, followed by a flag, a national anthem, a currency and passports.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Principality_of_Sealand&oldid=245338197">Legal status of Sealand</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Principality_of_Sealand&oldid=245338197"> it was located in international waters,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Principality_of_Sealand&oldid=245338197">thus constituting <I><A title="Terra nullius" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_nullius">terra nullius</A></I></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Principality_of_Sealand&oldid=245338197"><I><A title="De facto" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_facto">de facto</A></I> recognition</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Principality_of_Sealand&oldid=245338197"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/39D96034-74EE-4569-87C9-7680B1BD3A40" alt="Prince Roy and Princess Joan Bates claimed Sealand as their own in 1967." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; 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